Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-11
MONTANA MATTERS.

Bozeman boasts Of sixty names to ita
that.
Twenty-Five hundred dollars was recently
refused for q desirable corner lot on Main
street, Fort Benton. -. .s...-..,.. ,
Billings is making bid for a -four mill to
be built there by a large milling company
in Minnesota.
George c. Min, the tragedian, is an
nounced to make another tour of Northern
Pacific towns about next month.
Boulder young men organized q militia
company last Wednesday evening with
twenty names On the roll at the first
whirl.
Miles City has at last got it's base ball
club to practising, and are getting up q
| minstrel performance to raise the neces-
| sary funds.
An eagle-eyed Miles City officer last Fri
day, by timely application OF couple OF
buckets of water, extiuguished an incipient
confagration.
The Miles City Journal thinks the out.
look for wool in Montana this season good,
notwithstanding that the prices are some.
what depressed in the Eastern markets.
Cattle are looking remarkably we'll on
Clarke's Fork. There appear to be -lenty
OF calves, range is fine and grass H.. king
better now than during the whole of last
year.
Messrs. Bemis and Smith are running q
tunnel into the mountain near Willow
Springs, and have struck ledge OF Ignite
coal between six and seven feet wide and
widening as they go in. ..,.
Somebody has been counterfeitiug the
coupons of Jeffer- on County bonds, and
Treasurer Berendes is out with card
warning the public to look after them.
Missoula Times: Several attempts have
been made recently to burn the town OF
Corvallis, but without success. It looks
like the work OF some crazy individual.
Another nice lot OF Sweet Grass gold dust
was sold at the Bank of Northern Montana
to-day. 1t is beginning to look like old min.
ing days to see the gold scales in use.-Ben-
ton Press. - 100,
There is plenty of fishing in Clarke's
Fork Canyon, one gentleman recently
there hauling out ten trout in less than
dant thereabouts also.
The Miles City police will press gang OF
Jail birds into service burying and hauling
away dead animals, such as dogs and cats
which seem to be numerous about the va
can't lots and alleys.
The grass crop on Sunday creek is much
better this season than usual. The calf
crop is large. too. Horses are looking
we'll and q promising season is anxiously
looked for from all sources.
The Great Falls Tribune says: John.
Campbell, sheepman. has struck a I,ig de-
posit OF coal within three-quarters OF q
mile OF Allan Pierce's ranch on Wolf creek.
This coal deposit is within three miles of
Mix's big silver strike. ....
The Coroner's jury that sat on the body
1f William Francisco last Tuesday at the
place where he was found in Jefferson coun-
" render d a verdict that he "came to his
ieath by excessive drinking and exposure"
The Northwest Tribune thinks the Bitter
Root Valley hetter fitteito enatain q iensa
population than any other valley in this
Territory, it's resources being more varied
Ind more extended than those OF any
'ther section. in the Territory.
Billings had another fire Friday morning.
1t 2:3O the Blue Grass saloon caught fire
which spread to two adjoining buildings.
Che Hook and Ladder and Hose COM
'anies confined the flames there. and. the
otal loss amounted to $6,O25 according
o the Gazette. with an insurance of nearly
5000. There is no doubt OF it's incendi- .
Try origin.
On Monday evening, parsuant to a call
rom Mayor Kohls, Il meeting was held at
he skating rink in Virginia City. to take
he preliminary steps toward the proper
observance Of the Fourth OF July.
Mayor Bogert is trying to get up Fourth
i July celebration in Bozeman. The east
rn metropolis is, as general thing, not
cry enthusiastic in celebrating the Fourth.
t may do better than usual this year.
We understand that one OF our local
ports pulled out of u brief set-to at the
reat American game of poker last night .
bout $500 ahead. In three sittings of
tie his aggregate winnings are said to have
cen 81. 2.5OO.-Benton Press.
The Enterprise expresses the opinion
nat the moral city OF Livingston has NO
eed OF the reformatory efforts of Rev.
am Jones, and therefore declines to send
postal card invitation for the gentleman
} visit the Paradise Of the Rocky Noun
aims.
The Independent is of the opinion that
le ive-cent squirrel law will deplete the
rritorial treasury. From the fact that
ngle Bozeman merchant found it neces-
Iry to order two thousand dozen squirrel
If contemporary's apprehension.
Reports from reliable source Indicate
lat rich strike has been made in Bear
ulch. 1t is said there is a pay streak of
yer two hundred feet in width. which goes
ON $3.50 to $500 per pan. Messrs.
beth & Krug and Major Eatonar among
e fortunate kholders.-Courier.
On Friday evening, Gen. Chas. W. Tur.
r, Adjutant-General, organized the Vir-
nia City company of the Montana
ational Guard. There we're eighty-nine
'picants for membership; but. in con-
quence of the shortness OF time wherein
It ce Of the mustering.in was given, only
ty were present at the organization.
OVER IN PARK CANYON. , .-.